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TOPIC | Tanglevine (lore thread)
WIP, please do not post. ----- [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/60611111][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/606112/60611111p.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] Howdy, my name's Severus. I've lived in Tanglevine for a long time, and I can tell you a thing or two! [/columns] [map x=3419 y=1160 view=land width=480 height=240]Tanglevine Concourse is easily accessible from the gulf and is conveniently situated near the Everbloom Gardens.[/map] No connection to other lairs that may have landed near here after the map update unless explicitly stated. ----- [size=5]Nature Flight[/size] Nature Flight values hard work, heritage, and the natural order. Like the plants we cultivate, we strive to find a balance between tried-and-true strategies and adaptability. Tanglevine Concourse is a large city, but everyone here has a purpose. It is a hub of inter-flight trading, and many of the dragons here are involved with that, or with supporting those who trade. It is also the nearest population center to a world-famous tea plantation and some important Gladeveins routes. If you haven't noticed, we're situated right on the border between the Gladeveins and the Wilds, so dragons of both regions meet here. There are a lot of my folk here as well - Wind dragons, that is. We all get along well, for the most part. Sometimes I wish these Nature dragons would lighten up a bit, but I'm sure they also wish some of us would be more serious. We also have a fair number of Dunhoof centaurs in and out of here. They've been our allies for many generations, longer than my family has been here. There are other beastclans in the jungle - serthis, talonok, dryads and fauns - but they keep to their own territories, which are marked on this map. Watch out for the local wildlife. Some species can be quite dangerous if you don't have experience with defending yourself. Wartoad encounters are rare but deadly. [item=Wartoad][item=Venomous Toridae][item=Poisonous Toridae] [item=Gladeveins Needletooth][item=Butter Caiman][item=Rosetail][item=Tropical Caiman] [item=Brown River Flight][item=Crested River Flight][item=Goldfin River Flight][item=Grey River Flight] There are also floracats, florons, kamaitachi, stranglers, janustraps and the like. ... I was just about to head out on deliveries. Would you like to come with me and meet the folks I work with? They're not always the most social dragons, but I think they'll take a liking to you. [size=5]The rural dragons[/size] [columns] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=57340395][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/573404/57340395p.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=57913184][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/579132/57913184p.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=54430835][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/544309/54430835p.png[/img][/url] [/columns] Our first stop is... what does she call herself again? I knew her as Ruby, but since she became a seer she changed her name. Anyway, she lives with her sister Kasumi and their scribe Aqua. Kas looks after the place while Oiale works on this excellent garden of hers. And me and Aqua go way back. She's got a sharp tongue on her, but she's a good friend. [columns] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=56815172][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/568152/56815172p.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=56033356][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/560334/56033356p.png[/img][/url] [/columns] Then we'll go meet up with Acai and Yaga, the mushroom farmers. Uh... you might want to hold your nose around their property. The compost is a little intense for most folk. But I hear they grow some of the best mushrooms in the world, so if that's what it takes, more power to 'em. [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=58148446][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/581485/58148446p.png[/img][/url] Chaucer used to be in the city but he moved out here to have more space for his animals. They're quite a handful, but he trains them well, so none of them will hurt you. He gets a lot of plants shipments. [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=55164242][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/551643/55164242p.png[/img][/url] Skadi would be difficult to find if he didn't already know me. I mean, I can walk quietly but this guy is [i]silent[/i]. I once sat with him and I swear he didn't move or blink for two hours. [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=61004357][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/610044/61004357p.png[/img][/url] Verna is a little goofy but she's a sweetheart. She's more of a hunter-gatherer type, and you'll see her gathering plants all up and down the Gladeveins. She comes to the city every now and again. I don't know where she gets her money from. Rumor has it that she helped [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/54709915]Lusi[/url] find some treasure once and hasn't run out since, but I don't believe that. Anyway, Vern has a lotta great stories. It'll be hard to break away, so that's why I go to see her last, heh. Well, that's all the deliveries I've got. There aren't many dragons out here that don't live in the city proper. The nearby land that isn't crawling with tourists is mighty inhospitable. But if you'd like to go into town, I can show you around there as well. [size=5]The Harbor[/size] [columns] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=64339257][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/643393/64339257p.png[/img][/url][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/60611111][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/606112/60611111p.png[/img][/url][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/25256987][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/252570/25256987p.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] [nextcol] The post office is in this area. Galena is the manager, and Tora and I work there. [/columns] [columns] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=60855001][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/608551/60855001p.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] [nextcol] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/65485885]Pharynx[/url] runs the scribe service, which is mostly made of up fae, veils and children. A scribe doesn't sound like something you would need very often, but they can be really handy. They'll follow you around and take notes on everything you do (unless you ask them not to for certain things), and organize it for later. Also good for when you need an extra pair of hands - banescales are the majority of customers, but you'll always get dragons through here who don't know when to stop shopping. Muru is their latest recruit, always happy to help. [/columns] [columns] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=60708728][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/607088/60708728p.png[/img][/url] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=57251618][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/572517/57251618p.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] [nextcol] This is a spa, The Tranquil Zalis, owned by Andal and his daughter Capra. Not my cup of tea, but the tourists love it. [/columns] [columns] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=60464989][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/604650/60464989p.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] [nextcol] That's Solan's joint, Sovereign Tours. I'd stay away from there if I were you. I mean, he's not gonna hurt you, he's just a weirdo. [/columns] An inn Bank / moneychanger Taxi/rickshaw equivalent? Boats in and out Guilds? [size=5]Main Street[/size] [columns] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=60601917][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/606020/60601917p.png[/img][/url] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=62298854][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/622989/62298854p.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] [nextcol] The tea house is a great place to hang out. Kapok can ask you some questions and figure out what kind of tea you'll like, even if you've never had tea before. And Costus has this really authentic Dunhoof tea if you're into that kind of thing. [/columns] [columns] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=57443330][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/574434/57443330p.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] [nextcol] Every time you're in town, you gotta try something new at Aster's. She hits all the food groups and makes 'em taste [i]good[/i]. Cheap, too. My favorite is the roast roc when she can get it, but I'll grab some of the fried pith sometimes even though it can make my belly hurt. [/columns] [columns] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=56577726][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/565778/56577726p.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] [nextcol] That's Badrach's Forge, where you can get some quality ironwork done if you need it. That's how we get most of the centaur traffic through here. [/columns] [columns] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=61820570][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/618206/61820570p.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] [nextcol] Xavia does high-end tailoring. You can bring your own cloth or work with what she has, and there's a lot she can get at the market nearby. If it's business hours and she's not in her shop, she's probably at the market. [/columns] [columns] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=61569132][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/615692/61569132p.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] [nextcol] Dazzle Tattoos, owned by Razz [/columns] [columns] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=64331081][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/643311/64331081p.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] [nextcol] Florian manages the stage at the end of Main Street before the big market. We usually have some sort of music playing here, but there can be other things as well, like jugglers and magic shows. And when there's nobody else available to keep things lively, Florian can play a mean hurdy-gurdy. [/columns] [columns] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=64418836][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/644189/64418836p.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] [nextcol] Regulus runs (bookstore), and insists that other book-sellers stay close by for organization's sake, which puts him right next to the concourse. [/columns] [size=5]Tanglevine Concourse[/size] [columns] [morphology=1171573][morphology=1171591] [nextcol] These two dragons are grocers. [/columns] [columns] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=60226798][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/602268/60226798p.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] Sedge sells scrolls and books from the Sunbeam Ruins with the latest research. [/columns] [columns] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=55704368][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/557044/55704368p.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] Pyrite sells things from Keloran. [/columns] [columns] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=54709915][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/portraits/547100/54709915p.png[/img][/url] [nextcol] Lusi, an adventurer and writer, is a common sight around here. [/columns] To-do: Scribe service needs a name Bookstore needs a name Furniture Produce seller who sells Acai's mushrooms among other things Medicine Boat repair Water oracles (consider fest skins for them) Huang, Esell, Sinatra, Pharynx [size=5]Out-of-universe notes[/size] Name ideas: Cacao, Lily, Hevea (rubber tree) Blank avatar-sized image: [img]https://i.imgur.com/RzgAut9.png[/img]
WIP, please do not post.
60611111p.png Howdy, my name's Severus. I've lived in Tanglevine for a long time, and I can tell you a thing or two!


No connection to other lairs that may have landed near here after the map update unless explicitly stated.
Nature Flight
Nature Flight values hard work, heritage, and the natural order. Like the plants we cultivate, we strive to find a balance between tried-and-true strategies and adaptability.

Tanglevine Concourse is a large city, but everyone here has a purpose. It is a hub of inter-flight trading, and many of the dragons here are involved with that, or with supporting those who trade. It is also the nearest population center to a world-famous tea plantation and some important Gladeveins routes. If you haven't noticed, we're situated right on the border between the Gladeveins and the Wilds, so dragons of both regions meet here.

There are a lot of my folk here as well - Wind dragons, that is. We all get along well, for the most part. Sometimes I wish these Nature dragons would lighten up a bit, but I'm sure they also wish some of us would be more serious.

We also have a fair number of Dunhoof centaurs in and out of here. They've been our allies for many generations, longer than my family has been here. There are other beastclans in the jungle - serthis, talonok, dryads and fauns - but they keep to their own territories, which are marked on this map.

Watch out for the local wildlife. Some species can be quite dangerous if you don't have experience with defending yourself. Wartoad encounters are rare but deadly.
Wartoad Venomous Toridae Poisonous Toridae
Gladeveins Needletooth Butter Caiman Rosetail Tropical Caiman
Brown River Flight Crested River Flight Goldfin River Flight Grey River Flight
There are also floracats, florons, kamaitachi, stranglers, janustraps and the like.

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I was just about to head out on deliveries. Would you like to come with me and meet the folks I work with? They're not always the most social dragons, but I think they'll take a liking to you.

The rural dragons
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Our first stop is... what does she call herself again? I knew her as Ruby, but since she became a seer she changed her name. Anyway, she lives with her sister Kasumi and their scribe Aqua. Kas looks after the place while Oiale works on this excellent garden of hers. And me and Aqua go way back. She's got a sharp tongue on her, but she's a good friend.

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Then we'll go meet up with Acai and Yaga, the mushroom farmers. Uh... you might want to hold your nose around their property. The compost is a little intense for most folk. But I hear they grow some of the best mushrooms in the world, so if that's what it takes, more power to 'em.

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Chaucer used to be in the city but he moved out here to have more space for his animals. They're quite a handful, but he trains them well, so none of them will hurt you. He gets a lot of plants shipments.

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Skadi would be difficult to find if he didn't already know me. I mean, I can walk quietly but this guy is silent. I once sat with him and I swear he didn't move or blink for two hours.

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Verna is a little goofy but she's a sweetheart. She's more of a hunter-gatherer type, and you'll see her gathering plants all up and down the Gladeveins. She comes to the city every now and again. I don't know where she gets her money from. Rumor has it that she helped Lusi find some treasure once and hasn't run out since, but I don't believe that. Anyway, Vern has a lotta great stories. It'll be hard to break away, so that's why I go to see her last, heh.

Well, that's all the deliveries I've got. There aren't many dragons out here that don't live in the city proper. The nearby land that isn't crawling with tourists is mighty inhospitable. But if you'd like to go into town, I can show you around there as well.

The Harbor
64339257p.png60611111p.png25256987p.png The post office is in this area. Galena is the manager, and Tora and I work there.
60855001p.png Pharynx runs the scribe service, which is mostly made of up fae, veils and children. A scribe doesn't sound like something you would need very often, but they can be really handy. They'll follow you around and take notes on everything you do (unless you ask them not to for certain things), and organize it for later. Also good for when you need an extra pair of hands - banescales are the majority of customers, but you'll always get dragons through here who don't know when to stop shopping. Muru is their latest recruit, always happy to help.
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This is a spa, The Tranquil Zalis, owned by Andal and his daughter Capra. Not my cup of tea, but the tourists love it.
60464989p.png That's Solan's joint, Sovereign Tours. I'd stay away from there if I were you. I mean, he's not gonna hurt you, he's just a weirdo.
An inn
Bank / moneychanger
Taxi/rickshaw equivalent?
Boats in and out
Guilds?

Main Street
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The tea house is a great place to hang out. Kapok can ask you some questions and figure out what kind of tea you'll like, even if you've never had tea before. And Costus has this really authentic Dunhoof tea if you're into that kind of thing.
57443330p.png Every time you're in town, you gotta try something new at Aster's. She hits all the food groups and makes 'em taste good. Cheap, too. My favorite is the roast roc when she can get it, but I'll grab some of the fried pith sometimes even though it can make my belly hurt.
56577726p.png That's Badrach's Forge, where you can get some quality ironwork done if you need it. That's how we get most of the centaur traffic through here.
61820570p.png Xavia does high-end tailoring. You can bring your own cloth or work with what she has, and there's a lot she can get at the market nearby. If it's business hours and she's not in her shop, she's probably at the market.
61569132p.png Dazzle Tattoos, owned by Razz
64331081p.png Florian manages the stage at the end of Main Street before the big market. We usually have some sort of music playing here, but there can be other things as well, like jugglers and magic shows. And when there's nobody else available to keep things lively, Florian can play a mean hurdy-gurdy.
64418836p.png Regulus runs (bookstore), and insists that other book-sellers stay close by for organization's sake, which puts him right next to the concourse.

Tanglevine Concourse
Mom
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Dad
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These two dragons are grocers.
60226798p.png Sedge sells scrolls and books from the Sunbeam Ruins with the latest research.
55704368p.png Pyrite sells things from Keloran.
54709915p.png Lusi, an adventurer and writer, is a common sight around here.

To-do:
Scribe service needs a name
Bookstore needs a name
Furniture
Produce seller who sells Acai's mushrooms among other things
Medicine
Boat repair
Water oracles (consider fest skins for them)
Huang, Esell, Sinatra, Pharynx



Out-of-universe notes
Name ideas: Cacao, Lily, Hevea (rubber tree)
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